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YouTube’s CC options for users and creators
Somehow I missed this. I’ve focused on sharing the wealth of Creative Commons image and music resources with my students, but missed the video piece. This past week, YouTube marked the first anniversary of its Creative Commons video library. Over the year, YouTube has made more than 4 million royalty-free videos available to content creators, […]
A must-download/share: Our Space
With great power comes great responsibility. So advises Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben. In a blog post Henry Jenkins re-imagines Peter/Spiderman as a case study representing a whole generation of youth who, like Peter, are deploying new media technologies and the processes associated with them to develop a clearer understanding of themselves and their place in […]
New code of practice for Academic and Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently released its own Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the code: enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library community about best […]
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Wikipedia to go dark tomorrow in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
You may want to warn the kids about this. You may want to chat with them about it too. (Read Digital Shift, ALA’s PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide, and my previous post for background.) The official release from the Wikimedia Foundation: English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to […]
“Blacklisting” the Web?
I’ve shared two videos and included an infographic in this post. If SOPA or Protect IP should pass Congress, the government could instantly and without question remove this blog from the Internet, and by doing so, remove the entire School Library Journal site as well. Two pieces of proposed legislation could change the game completely […]
Mashpedia and Zomobo, the real back story in realtime search
I’m a Mashpedia fan. I’ve been a fan since back in April 2010, when I first posted about its coolness for aggregating real-time content and its availability in multiple languages. Since then I’ve been sharing it with my students and gushing about its value at conferences. So I was intrigued when I discovered Zomobo this […]
Why cite?
I am adding this little video to my 9th grade orientation agenda for the fall and I’ve added it to my documentation guide. Produced by the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, the film features a college student sharing his soul on an information ethical therapist’s couch and a visit from an uncited journalist. […]
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